Y'know, Monks, I'm fond of you and all, and I hope you're not too testy with me because of all that stuff in the baby seals thread, but the fag shtick you've got going is really kinda starting to bother me.

Mostly because it hasn't been coming across as being all that much of a joke recently.

I guess it depends on how you look at it. If you really believe that I've suddenly reversed my years of standing up for gay rights and better treatment for the marginalized in society simply because I use the word "fag" then that's fine with me.

If you're that focused on semantics that the actual opinions and actions of a person are outweighed by the occasional slur than I'd rather not know you anyways, to be honest.

how would anybody else who doesn't know that you're such a *gay rights advocate* know you weren't being perfectly serious?

They could try asking. Or not assuming that everything they read is what they think it is. I think Starlite knows me well enough that she should know better. Or not. Either way, I find it disappointing that anyone would take the use of a single word to mean that a host of opinions must follow.

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i thought you were just being a jackass.

That and it's just a funny word. It would be one thing if I were to say something along the lines of "kill the fags." But when someone replies to a long post about how much he loves his girlfriend with the single word "fag," that's funny. Juvenile, but funny.

And I find it interesting that nobody seems to have a problem with my ongoing French jokes with Froggy. I can have my head in the sand about world history and politics, I guess. Just as long as I don't use a "sensitive" word.